Supplier Quality Engineer | IND

Parker Hannifin can be found on and around everything that moves. The company employs approximately 58,000 people in 49 countries around the world and with annual sales exceeding $13 billion dollars. Parker is the world's leading diversified manufacturer of motion and control technologies and systems, providing precision-engineered solutions for a wide variety of mobile, industrial and aerospace markets. Parker's focus on solving some of the world's greatest engineering challenges sparks our passion for innovation and secures our future growth. Our technological expertise creates a more sustainable future for us all.

Supplier Quality Engineer.

Responsible for ensuring the quality and performance of external suppliers within the assigned supply chain through the ongoing evaluation, monitoring, and development of suppliers. This position leads to the response to and resolution of quality issues related to purchased raw materials and components, coordinating corrective actions with suppliers and internal functions to protect operational continuity, ensure compliance with customer requirements, and uphold Quality Management System standards.

Essential Functions:

• Monitor and improve the quality performance of assigned suppliers through key performance indicators, audits, defect reports, and corrective-action follow-up.
• Manage the containment, analysis, and resolution of quality issues involving externally supplied raw materials, components, and services.
• Coordinate with Purchasing, Engineering, Production, and suppliers on the disposition of nonconforming material, ensuring timely response and minimizing operational impact.
• Develop, request, and follow up on action plans for suppliers with below-target quality metrics or recurring quality incidents.
• Validate the effectiveness of supplier corrective actions using root-cause analysis methodologies and quality tools.
• Review, approve, and maintain PPAP documentation from external suppliers, ensuring compliance with technical, quality, and customer requirements.
• Participate in supplier selection, evaluation, development, and re-evaluation in accordance with the criteria established by the Quality Management System.
• Ensure compliance with applicable Quality Management System processes, procedures, and requirements, including nonconforming product control and corrective-action management.
• Prepare and communicate supplier performance reports, defect trends, supply risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Participate in continuous improvement projects, product transfers, new product launches, engineering changes, and cost-reduction initiatives, with a focus on preventing quality issues throughout the supply chain.

Qualifications:

• 2-4 Years of experience.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering.
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of ISO standards.
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes.
• Knowledge of material properties.
• More than two years of experience in quality assurance within the metalworking industry, with a supplier-quality focus.
• Experience reviewing engineering and manufacturing specifications.
• Understanding and interpretation of manufacturing audits.
• Knowledge of GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing).
• Advanced knowledge of GD&T and interpretation of hydraulic schematics.